At the end of last year AMD reported about Shanghai processors , which will follows Barcelona servers generation of the company, it will be produced on 45- NM technological standards.
Now the company share with us the new components relative to Shanghai. As it is explained , There is no update in server with architecture K8L - development will be faster extensive. The more advanced technological standards will make possible to substantially increase the memory cache volume in the third level up to 6mb. in comparison with 2mb in Barcelona with the retention of architecture as a whole.
The first 45- NM processors AMD will be two- and four core, they will be produced in socket 1207 and they will preserve compatibility with the present motherboard with the condition of BIOS update.
Release period of the first Shanghai processor is the second quarter 2008, i.e., One year after the release Of barcelona. Their production will begin at the Dresden factory of company, but mass production of such processors will not be earlier than the second-half of the following year.